Official Athletic Site of UC Irvine Anteaters

Current time: 7:54 a.m.
Sat November 22, 2008

 
Black and Blue Rivalry Series
Long Beach State
UC Irvine
30 points
25 points



Events Schedule [Top]

Note: Schedule subject to change.

Sport Date Location Result UCI
Points
LBSU
Points
Women's Volleyball Thursday, October 05, 2006 Long Beach LBSU, 3-1  
2
Women's Soccer Saturday, October 22, 2006 Long Beach LBSU, 3-0  
2
Men's Cross Country
Big West Championships
Saturday, October 28, 2006 Cal Poly UCI 3rd
LBSU 4th
2
 
Women's Cross Country
Big West Championships
Saturday, October 28, 2006 Cal Poly LBSU 2nd
UCI 3rd
 
2
Men's Water Polo Thursday, November 02, 2006 Irvine UCI, 12-11
2
 
Women's Volleyball Saturday, November 04, 2006 Irvine LBSU, 3-0  
3
Men's Water Polo Saturday, November 18, 2006 Long Beach LBSU, 7-5  
2
Men's Water Polo
MPSF Championships
Saturday, November 24-26, 2006 UC Irvine LBSU, 12-11  
2
Men's Basketball Thursday, January 25, 2007 Irvine UCI, 88-84
2
 
Women's Basketball Saturday, January 27, 2007 Long Beach LBSU, 54-53  
2
Men's Basketball Thursday, March 01, 2007 Long Beach LBSU, 85-80  
2
Women's Tennis Thursday, March 01, 2007 Irvine UCI, 4-3
2
 
Women's Basketball Saturday, March 03, 2007 Irvine LBSU, 77-63  
3
Men's Volleyball Saturday, March 03, 2007 Long Beach UCI, 3-2
3
 
Women's Basketball Saturday, March 07, 2007 Big West Tournament LBSU, 76-64  
3
Men's Basketball Saturday, March 09, 2007 Big West Tournament LBSU, 77-63  
3
Baseball Friday, March 30, 2007
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Sunday, April 01, 2007
Irvine UCI, 9-4
UCI, 4-0
LBSU, 12-4
4
 
Men's Volleyball Friday, April 13, 2007 Irvine UCI, 3-0
2
 
Women's Water Polo Thursday, April 19, 2007 Irvine UCI, 13-8
2
 
Men's Golf
Big West Championships
Monday, April 23, 2007
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
  UCI - 1st
LBSU - 5th
2
 
Women's Golf
Big West Championships
Monday, April 23, 2007
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
  UCI - 1st
LBSU - 2nd
2
 
Women's Water Polo
MPSF Championships
April 29, 2007   UCI 15-10
2
 
Track and Field
Big West Championships
May 4-6, 2007
May 11-12, 2007
  Men
LBSU - 4th
UCI - 6th
Women
LBSU - 3rd
UCI - 7th
4

What is the Black & Blue Series? [Top]

How the Series Works

The competition between Long Beach State and UC Irvine has been enhanced with the creation of the "Black & Blue Series" trophy that will be awarded to the school with the most points based on matchups between the two universities in common sports throughout the academic year.

At the conclusion of the final scheduled athletic event between the two schools each year, the winner of that year's "Black & Blue Series" will receive a trophy bearing the inscription of the annual winners. The winning institution will retain possession of the trophy for one year until the award presentation the following year.


Series History
The trophy idea was developed between the schools during the summer of 2005 and has been created to build the rivalry in athletics' competition while bringing added attention to college sports in Southern California, especially in Orange County and the Long Beach area. The series looks to provide a sense of pride from each university's alumni, build school spirit among each institution's student body and increase attendance at sporting events between the two schools.


How the Point System Works [Top]

UC Irvine and Long Beach State will compete in the following sports with the point total for each listed below. The point system will be based on the following:

The winner of head-to-head match-ups during Big West Conference or Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play only in each sport will receive two points for each win.
• For sports that do not play a round-robin regular season, a higher finish in the BWC Tournament or Championships will determine two points. (M&W Cross Country, M&W Golf, M&W Track & Field). Indoor Track & Field will not count in point totals.
• If round robin teams should meet in conference tournaments, an extra two points shall be rewarded. (Women's Soccer, Men's Volleyball, M&W Basketball, M&W Water Polo, Women's Tennis)
• Regular season tournament match-ups do not count toward point total.
• An extra point will be given to the school for any road win.
• If contest is played at a neutral site, only two points will be awarded.
• All BWC or MPSF Conference Tournaments are considered neutral sites.
• In the sport of baseball, the winner of the three game series will be awarded four points with a bonus point for a road series victory.
• Should the two schools meet in postseason play, i.e. NCAA Tournament (exclusive of baseball), the winner shall receive two (2) additional points for that sport.